Pinus
elliottii var elliottii
Engelm.
WEED
This introduced tree
is commonly known as
slash pine.
Pinus elliottii var elliottii
is described as a "conifer"
in the
Pinaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
As at 01/07/2016 listed as a non-declared environmental weed in the Fraser Coast region. Since 1995 the main species planted has been Pinus elliottii elliottii × Pinus caribaea hondurensis. Smaller wildlings are most likely to be progeny of this cross (Max Tweddell, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233205978).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 34 Fraser Coast localities: Sunshine Acres, Booral, Takura, Toogoom, Point Vernon, Duckinwilla, Kawungan, Craignish, Walligan, Dundowran Beach, Beelbi Creek, Glenwood, Poona, Tuan Forest, Granville, Bidwill, Teddington, Yerra, Glenorchy, Island Plantation, Bauple, Paterson, Talegalla Weir, Dundathu, Boompa, Tinana, Boonooroo Plains, Maaroom, Howard, Mount Urah, Bauple Forest, Tinana South, Magnolia, Maryborough.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
